Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children

Established in 1947. A medal presented annually to the author of the best children's book published in Canada. A change in the awards procedure in 1966 resulted in the presentation of two awards that year.



This is a selection of our Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children section. To find a specific book or author, or just to browse, please use the search box.

Elijah Of Buxton - children's hardcover
By Christopher P Curtis - $19.99 - add to cart

2008 winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children award. After his mother rebukes him for screaming that hoop snakes have invaded Buxton, gullible 11-year-old Elijah co...

 

Johnny Kellock Died Today - young adult softcover
By Hadley Dyer - $7.99 - add to cart

2007 winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award. Rosalie Norman is 11 years old, the afterthought in an already grown-up family. Confronted with a mother who’s...

 

The Crazy Man - children's paperback
By Pamela Porter - $9.95 - add to cart

2005 Governor General's Award winner for text. 2006 winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children award. For Emaline, losing her father, her dog and her health because...

 

Hana's Suitcase - children's paperback
By Karen Levine - $15.95 - add to cart

2003 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Winner.2003 Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire Violet Downey Children's Book Award Winner 2003 Information Book of the Year W...

 

Dear Canada Orphan At My Door - children's hardcover
By Jean Little - $14.99 - add to cart

2002 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Winner.Victoria records her family's experiences with a twelve year old English girl, Mary Anna Wilson, sent to Canada as a Home Chil...

 

Sunwing - young adult softcover
By Kenneth Oppel - $8.99 - add to cart

2000 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award winner. In this sequel to Kenneth Oppel's Silverwing, Shade, a bat of the Silverwings,searches for his father and the secret o...

 

Silverwing - young adult softcover
By Kenneth Oppel - $8.99 - add to cart

2000 M.Y.R.C.A. Winner/1998 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award winner.Enter the mind of a young bat in this wonderful tale of Shade the Silverwing. Shade is the runt o...